Low toxicity regimens in renal transplantation : a country subset analysis of the Symphony study

Regional transplant practices may affect clinical outcomes within multinational studies. This study evaluated whether the overall results from the Symphony study can be generalized to the participating countries. De novo adult renal transplant recipients (n = 1645) were randomized to receive standard-dose cyclosporine, or daclizumab induction plus low-dose cyclosporine, low-dose tacrolimus,or low-dose sirolimus, all in addition to mycophenolate mofetil and steroids. Data for the highest patient-recruiting countries, Spain (n = 275),Germany (n = 316) and Turkey (n = 258), were compared. Patient transplant characteristics were different among the country subsets; only deceased donors in Spain, more expanded criteria donors in Germany, and mainly living donors in Turkey. Efficacy results for the three countries were consistent with that of the overall study - renal function and biopsy-proven acute rejection (BPAR)rates were superior with low-dose tacrolimus. Turkey had higher mean calculated glomerular filtration rate across all treatment groups (60.6-72.2 ml/min)compared with that of Spain (51.1-57.5 ml/min) and Germany (51.3-62.9 ml/min). Spain and Turkey had lower BPAR rates across the four treatment groups compared with the overall study; Germany had much higher rates(21.0-54.2%). These findings confirm the general applicability of the Symphony study results and highlight the importance of inclusion of patients from different geographic origins in randomized clinical trials.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2009

Erschienen:

2009

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:22

Enthalten in:

Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation - 22(2009), 12 vom: 31. Dez., Seite 1172-81

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Demirbas, Alper [VerfasserIn]
Hugo, Christian [VerfasserIn]
Grinyó, Josep [VerfasserIn]
Frei, Ulrich [VerfasserIn]
Gürkan, Alp [VerfasserIn]
Marcén, Roberto [VerfasserIn]
Bernasconi, Corrado [VerfasserIn]
Ekberg, Henrik [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

83HN0GTJ6D
Adrenal Cortex Hormones
Antibodies, Monoclonal
Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
CUJ2MVI71Y
Cyclosporine
Daclizumab
Immunoglobulin G
Immunosuppressive Agents
Journal Article
Multicenter Study
Randomized Controlled Trial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Sirolimus
Tacrolimus
W36ZG6FT64
WM0HAQ4WNM

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 12.01.2010

Date Revised 17.09.2019

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM192624326